Conference On First Friday, June 2012 
The Blessed Virgin Mary is a true queen, with authority and jurisdiction granted to her by her Divine Son.  She was given this title from the days of the catacombs.  Our Lord is a true King in the proper sense, both as God and man, due to His Grace of Union; and here we find the root of Our Lady’s queenship.  Because of her unique relationship with almighty God, she is what one might call the “Queen Mother.”  The human nature of God the Son was produced from her and, because of this, Our Lord would not be King in His human nature if it were not for her.  She is, therefore, not only queen of Heaven and Earth, but also queen of Purgatory.  She is queen of angels and saints, and queen of religious orders.

Catholics should understand the true nature of the gift of tongues which was granted to the Apostles on Pentecost.  The miracle was found in the fact that all the foreigners heard the Apostles speaking in their own languages.  It should not be identified with the false “gift of tongues” found in heretical religious sects.  This miraculous gift was granted to the early Church to strengthen and unify it in its infancy and to aid in the spread of the true Church.
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